Glare-protector.



BSO-276 l Patented 'Ma-r. 1918.-

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`To yallv whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, VVILLIAM G-1sT, a citi-* zen of the' United States-residin at Umversity City, in the county of St. cuis .and theState of Missouri, have imente'd anew and useful Improvement in Glare-Protec tors, of which the followingl is a full,.cl`ear and exact specification, reference being ha a. art thereof. 4

y invention relates to devices for'uso on vehicles, especially automobiles, for protecting the 'driver-thereo romvtheglare of to the-accompanying drevvi'ngs, which form lights carried by approaching automobiles, Street cars, and other vehiclesl bright, brilliant livhts.'

My invention is ully shown in the aceompanying drawings where similar characters are -useo to designate similar parts. Figure 1 shows Va fron-t view of an automobile equipped 'with 'one form of my glare protector; Fig. 2 shows a front viewgof en -automobile equipped with another form of my. glare protector; Fig. 3 is a detail View of the parts of the lprotector .showny in Fig. Fig."

e is a. sectional view along the .line of Fig. 3; Figs. 5 -and Gore diagrams illustreb" certain phases of the operation'of the glare protector..

Referrin 'to the figures,- Ais 1c by which t e protector fis carried and "w shown in the drawings is the ordinary-support used 4on automobiles for carrying the Wind-shield.

in the specific embodiment B isvthe upper glass ofthe ordinary for-m of windshield use clon automobiles, and which is'pivotedv neer its upper edge on the su ports. C is the' glare protector which in the form shown in F1'g.1 is fastened to the rod D 'which is adapted to slide in Athe heed E fester-red ut the end of the rod F.. -G isthumhfnut by mean-s of which therod D-may be held in any desired position in the head The .rod F slides-in` themember Il which' can be clamped Ain position onthe su 'portl l l Kpis a.' the protector .and the upper part thumb-nut by means of ivhichthe rod E. may

A by means' of the thumb-nut I.

-wntuu Geiste-Qi em, Missoula.

l Slcicationofietteu intent. Application tilted 'October 20,1918. Serial 119,126,741.

' Patented Mar.- 5, 1918.

clamped in Cposition the member H.4

The protector a. transparent bod.v hevmg an arca 1 adapted to out oil the g are of an approaching liht. This area 1 is greffernbly'opaque and b ack, as shown. T e area 1 is 4'maflewith two erms: The tiret, the arm 2 is 4mede to extend horizontally over the normal linezofsight of the rivages shown in Figs. 1 andQ, sind its lower `edge 4 is preferably :i 4suhstsmtially horizontelfline; the

second arm 3 of the 'aree 1 extends vertically to the left of the normalline of s ifrht of the Y 'driver and its-ed e 5 is, pre'erab a sub-Av stunt-ially vertice line extending down wardly from .the

horizontal line. hat space of t c rotector between the edges 4' and 7 to the rig t of the ed e 5 is'clear and trensparentsothat the driver of the'uutomobile can see 'through it with When speaking of right or left edgesof the aree. 1, or parts' ofthe protector, I mean those edges or parts which, when the protector is viewed by the driver of the nutomoble' on which it 1s mounted, `will be to-v ward the right or left, as the case may he, of .the driver of the automobile. When 'in' -use the protector isadj usted and clsmpedfon the support A so that thelower edge 4f of the erin 2 of the area. 1 will lie-slightly above thenormel line of rsight of the driver, as shown in Figs. `1 and 2,- -and 'by 'mearisiof the rod F the protector is.l'nroiititf'to a.-v position bef #andthe eyes-:of the driver' that is: most convenient for the p .,driver.; end'fhy nouns-ofthe rod .D the'pI-Of'v x tector is adjusted so that the' right edge 5 tween the wind-shiel of the second erm 34 of the` area. 1 is to the left of the normal line of sight-of thedmver,

.as-shown in Figs. 1' and 2.' InFi 2 the Y on the upperpart B 'of he windshield, so that this part B serves as a wind-shieldend also asa.

areas l and Gfa're shown as forme protector; This arrengemenh, heir-ever, is notvso goed as that-shownin 1, 3 and 4', because the protector .is not adapted to be adjusted to the-requirements of dierent drivers as it is 1n the case of the shomi in Figs. l, 3 endyend, further, when shi-eid are made in. one piece the protector lower edge. 4' of the first farm 2. The protector-muy also have an aren 6 which is'semi-tren arent and preferably his area 6 extends` to.- ward the right from the second arm 3 ofthe area 1,;and its uplper edge 7 is efer'ably a imm@ is thrownsout of use when the upper partof` the shieldv is raised, as is often "desirable when driving` in the summer time.

When the driver o an au-toniobile,- equipped with the protector, sees a light approachlng him he turns hismachne to the right sido of the road and moves his head so that his.

line of sight is tothe right of the edge 5.0i

the vertical arm 3,as 'shown in Fig. 5, by the .d linea-Z1. -If the driver desireso seetothe left of his machine he moves his head, so4

that his line of sight is as -'shov" n by the line ax-b, in Fig. 5. Andv as the light zag preaches, the -driverinoveshishead to t e eft so that his line'o sight occupies the position indicated oy the line (zz-122; thus in terposing the opaque arm 3 between him and lthe approaching light.- When the approaching light is at a considerable distance in front of the driver he mores his head so that his line of sight is, as shown by the iilfle in Fig. 6, just below the eidge4 ofthe horizontal arm 2 of the area. 1. When the driver wishes to look forward vand upward he moves his head downward `I mltil the line. of sig-ht is as shown by the line cf-d', in f Fig. 6. And when the driver wishes to cut 0H the glare o-a light in front of his machine he raises his head so that the' line of' sightA is as shown by the. line cf---d1 in Fig. 6, and

thus interposes thehorizontal arm 2' 'of-the area 1 -between his eyes and the approaching.

' formed .or as .to :the degree of opaqueness e approaching light mdihusfpma; himself. aan im.. im

thereof, whilefat the same time-loo 'ng Vthrough the transparent part of. the'-proteo-l .46 'torhe can'see the road 1in .front of iii-m to `the right of the ircrtical edge 5 and-below the *I v horizontal edge 4.

I -preferabl form the pwidrf-of and -I- prefere ly make the-area"l-fopat'ue-and 6,0-

b'laic but 'it ma be: of 'an'y'cior so'iofng asA it 1 Cil-bgg t e glarewofan ,approaching iight I-'do not mean to iimit myself either 'asto the materiai of which the lprotector is j 'fOr/'56 color of the areal.

What I daim as new and -desiretoseeure f by LettersPatent, is:' 1. A glare protector for an automobile 'compri-sing al sup rt, a bodycarried byvsaid 60 `support)and haviiig'anarea adapted to out 4off the glare ofan approaehng light, said area having' a art extending' om the left toward the rig t'over the' normal Ime of* sight of ythe driver of 4said automobile andf having-a .second part extendrigdownwardly- I I.

at the leftfo said normal line of sigh-t'. A l2. A .glare protector. for 4 an'antoxnobllje comprising SHPPQr-t, .e body-@fried by Said l support and having' an 'area adapted 11o-'cut 10 oi the glare of an approach-ing`lght,said area having a part extending from the '-i-eft to ward the right 'over the normailine of vsight of the driver of said automobile and having.

'a second part ettendingfdonwerdly at' the'. 7K5 left-of said-normal line o.s'ight,' and an area A whieh is semiet'ranspa-rent' and which extends from Ieft toward the'r'ight below seid.' normali'ine of sight and separate from said first part of ASaid first areal.'A I r -I- nwtne'ss whereof I hav'e'fsigned'my name .to this specification.

n WILLIAM oEIs'r. y 

